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iPhone New iOS Age Verification Sparks Outrage as Users Say 'I Will Switch to Android'
(www.ibtimes.co.uk)
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Apple isn’t an advertising company so it feels like they’d be more up to not selling your data and such. But honestly I don’t really trust it.
I went from Android to iOS purely because I was sick of devices being supported for a year or two, when Apple supports their phones with mainline updates for six+. I feel like the overall user experience is better, it’s smoother, more polished, and I can do what I need to do rather than struggle with something half-baked.
My work phone is a Pixel 6, and I absolutely hate using it. Google hasn’t worked on the user experience even a little.
Would still rather a janky Linux phone that I actually own than anything else.
What I do trust is the outcome of government requests. When they have the legal authority to force apple to hand over everything and they don’t have anything to hand over thats just about the only way you can trust someone.
This is the only real way to view it.
Apple doesn't really promise device update time frames. They basically support a device as long as it's feasible because they are still, at their core, a computer company, though they are more focused on the iPhone and related accessories than the Mac lately. They are transitioning to a services company. But still, updates are based on what they conservatively think the device can handle. Even phones that aren't getting the latest iOS still get security updates. iOS 18 and older versions are still getting updated, but they get no new features.
With Android, it's more about getting people to buy new phones, which isn't a dumb idea from a business perspective. Back when US carriers were giving phones away a lot more (like 15 years ago), it was actually a game to piss off customers so they go and buy a phone from a competitor sooner. They all benefited from churn. These days, Google and Samsung are offering 5+ years of promised updates, but they don't support them beyond that, because a customer who won't upgrade has no value to them.
iOS is a bit more polished than Apple, though that's largely down to the developer. It's easier to support iPhones because there are fewer of them. But plenty of apps are just fine on Android.
Agree with you about a janky Linux phone. I kinda want it to be janky! I miss when phones were kinda rough and you had to know how they worked. I loved messing with custom firmware around 2012-ish. Android Jellybean was awesome for tinkering.
Apple is an advertising company.
Open the App Store, news, stocks, or maps. News and Stocks have the scammiest ads you’ve ever seen.
I prefer iOS to Android, but I do like that on graphene vpns and such actually work with granular controls. I agree, I want to try a Linux phone at this point.
No they are not, 73.77% of their revenue is hardware. This would mean they are a hardware company.
I don’t see ads in any of those applications.